# Why committees in Japanese animation productions?

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**Created:** [August 7, 2005, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-committees-in-japanese-animation-productions/315948 "2005-08-07T03:31:00Z")
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We have seen them in the credits at the end of anime movies, TV shows and games:

Steamboy Committee  
Akira Committee  
EVA Production Committee (Evangelion)  
The Soul Taker Production Committee

Etc.

As Milton said once: “a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours”, I’m getting the impression that Japan is very effective in producing animation so I think our definition of a committee is not quite the same as the one they have in Japan. So, how do they work there? Is that the preferred way to produce animation in Japan?